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| Country: British Guiana Clear Subject: All | Sort: Newest listed first |
;) | BENAB, CORENTYNE COAST, British Guiana postmark (T.3b) FE 5 81 on 2c orange CC wmk (SG.127). £14 |
;) | FRENCH MAIL for FRANCE, BRITISH GUIANA postal history 1906 with printed sender "FRED J. BANKART, SUCCESSOR TO A. PEROT & Co. DEMERARA" marked "p. French Mail" to Beaune, France with 5c pmk'd Georgetown 4 JUL 1906, alongside octagonal d/ring CAYENNE A FORT-DE-FRANCE LC dated 6 JUL 06. There are strong links between the Perot's of British Guiana and Bermuda. Covers from Demerara (1859) and Berbice (1872) are known to William H. Perot, Baltimore, son of the famous William Bennett Perot of Bermuda. Two 1833 entires from Demerara to Philadelphia have manuscript endorsement “Hamilton, Bermuda. Forwarded by Your Most Ob Servant Wm. B. Perot” whilst working as a forwarding agent during the period before he was appointed Postmaster of Bermuda by warrant dated SP 6 1836. £120 |
;) ;) | Via SURINAM for DUTCH MAIL to HOLLAND, BRITISH GUIANA postal history 1895 use of "2 CENTS" on 3c carmine Post Card pmk'd Georgetown JA 30 95 routed through Surinam with PARAMARIBO 4/2/1895 d/ring to Amsterdam, Holland, some faults. £48 |
;) ;) ;) | INTERNAL AIRMAIL and INTERNAL CENSORSHIP, British Guiana postal history 1941 cover marked "By 1st Air Mail" from R. De FIGUEIREDO, "Bon Success", RUPUNUNI DISTRICT to Georgetown with pair KG6 6c lightly pmk'd RUPUNUNI */OC 5 41 cds censored due Spanish language with OPENED BY EXAMINER II/ label. £120 |
;) ;) ;) | ST. PHILIP'S DEBT REDEMPTION label, British Guiana postal history 1942 cover from Father Welton Ward, St. Philip's Vicarage, Georgetown with their own church label tied by ink marks to reverse of cover to Leap Cross, Hailsham, Sussex with 2 x KG6 2c tied Georgetown 20 MCH 1942 machine cancel. £75 |
;) ;) | DELAYED THROUGH POSTING IN A LONDON LETTER BOX, BRITISH GUIANA postal history 1952 cover with KG6 1c, 2 x 2c pmk'd Georgetown */7 JA 52 to the Philaletic (sic) Traders Society, London with 24 John Adams Street address added, re-directed Tottenham Court Road, and finally directed to The Strand, rare use of red handstamp "DELAYED THROUGH BEING/POSTED IN A LETTER BOX/FOR 'LONDON' LETTERS./PLEASE ADVISE SENDER" added in London, backstamped London FE 18, and FE 19 (twice) cancels. £75 |
;) | BRITISH GUIANA postal history 1892 use of 2c carmine newspaper wrapper pmk'd Georgetown 29 JU 92 sent enclosing "Exchange" publication to The Editor Eastern Australian & South African Journal of Commerce, London with Crowned "R" to indicate free within London re-direction, applied once even though re-directed Leadenhall Street and to Cannon Street, matching red London JY 14 92 backstamp. £36 |
;) ;) | Mail from CHEDDI JAGAN, British Guiana postal history 1948 printed flap cover from Cheddi Jagan to his eldest sister Indranie at St. James Hospital, Balham re-directed The Grove Hospital, Tooting with KG6 4c, 36c tied GPO Georgetown 24 FEB 1948 machine, flap with soiled creasing. £60 |
;) | BRITISH GUIANA postal history 1958(?) cover to Bodmin, Cornwall with QE2 5c pair, 6c pmk'd 23 MY with purple "NOT IN THE AIR MAIL." and 3-line "Insufficient Postage for/transmission by/Air Mail." handstamps. £16 |
;) ;) | HY code used HACKNEY, British Guiana postmark (Proud D1 although his illustration thoroughly incorrect) dated HY/MY 24 82 (the year "2" being inverted) on DLR 4c blue CC wmk (SG.148), the instrument excised leaving wording "B. GUIANA" at about 2 o'clock (compare with GEORGE-TOWN D19, Proud Page 93). Part of a differing narrower double ring handstamp alongside. Probably the finest of the three known examples, scans (attached) of the other two dated HY/AP 25 without year, and HY/JY 1 82 kindly supplied by Paul Ramsaroop £425 |
;) | Second Sailing GB used abroad, BRITISH GUIANA postal history 1858 entire headed "(Duplicate) Demerara May 10th 1858" (being the date GB stamps placed on sale having arrived the day before on the MY 9 1858 steamer) with lightly creased and badly defective GB 6d pmk'd crisply struck "A03" to London with DEMERARA MY 25 1858 despatch dbl-arc. A significant item documenting the Second Sailing with duplicate of First Sailing letter. A first sailing cover pmk'd Demerara MY 10 1858 with GB 6d used strip of four pmk'd "A03" to James Ewing in Glasgow is recorded £125 |
;) | Manuscript "No 6/E C B/21.4.77" used Fyrish, British Guiana postmark a very fine upright example dated "21.4.77" on 1876 2c orange CC wmk (SG.127), slight thinning hinge area. The CCB code cds used Fyrish was lost during 1876 £375 |
;) ;) | BRITISH GUIANA stamps: Forgery of the 1945-52 KG6 $3.00 water-lilies, fine unused without gum, handstamped "FORGERY" in green ink on reverse. £65 |
;) | RUSSIA to GIBRALTAR to SPROSTON'S STEAMERS LTD, British Guiana postal history 1915 cover with Nicholas II 10k pmk'd GAINDRIA LIFL 5-2-1915 to passenger on board vessel "Roma" c/o Messrs C. Hoffman, Russian Consulate, Gibraltar, Spain b/stamped GIBRALTAR 28 MR 15 arrival alongside Russian purple military censor handstamp, forwarded next day arriving LONDON 6 AP 15 re-addressed Demerara with GEORGETOWN 23 AP 15 arrival b/stamp. £125 |
;) | A04 (tall) used BERBICE, British Guiana postmark on 1876 2c orange CC wmk (SG.127). £6 |
;) | MAHAICA, British Guiana postmark AU 6 without year on 2c orange CC wmk (SG.127). £10 |
;) ;) ;) | POSTAL STATIONERY ENVELOPE with COMPLETE OFFSET, BRITISH GUIANA postal history 1896 use of complete 2c carmine PSE locally to Hopetown, West Coast, Berbice pmk'd Georgetown and on reverse FORT WELLINGTON OC 10 96 d/ring opened 3 sides to show full intense offset of the printed design. Not recorded in T+H handbook £140 |
;) | P(A) WINEPERU, British Guiana postmark (T.34, Proud D1-1 but not listed showing "A" of "PA" omitted) MY 7 53 (reads MY 5 3/7) on KG6 24c (SG.312). £12 |
;) | No.50, British Guiana postmark (T.12b) 6 NOV 1899 on 4c Inland Revenue (SG.178), toned. £15 |
;) ;) ;) | Plate Proof Winston Churchill issue, British Guiana stamps 1966 fully gummed and watermarked imperforate black vignette PLATE PROOF depicting St. George's Cathedral, Georgetown (The tallest wooden building in the world) as used for both 5c and 25c values (SG.374/375, as enclosed), small mark and minor paper bend. Stated only 10 examples exist. £185 |